Title:TRIAL LAYING OF CHESPALING TRACK OVER SHINGLE BEACH [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 991
Other titles:BEACH RECOVERY [Alternative Title]
INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description: LCT(5) 2438 beaches, mooring lines are run out to secure her by the head, and troops disembark carrying bundles of chespaling. A length of full-width track is unrolled directly from the LCT into the shallows. A second roll follows. Once manhandled into position, the chespaling is fixed down with pickets. Further up the beach, the track is assembled from the smaller rolls of chespaling carried by individual soldiers. When the carpet has been fully made up, a Bedford OY and two Austin K3s are disembarked and driven up onto the dunes, closely watched by a border collie which sits next to the track near the water's edge. The trucks then return and re-embark, albeit with some difficulty, followed by the troops. LCP(R) 777 observes the operation from offshore.
Alternative Title:BEACH RECOVERY [Alternative Title]
INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Combined Operations Headquarters (Production sponsor)
US Naval Film Unit (Production company)
Office of Strategic Services (for) (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCT 2438 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCPR 777 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - amphibious: LCT[5] 2438 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCP[R] 777 & [-] (object name)
engineering, military, British - Mulberry: chespaling track (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Austin 3-ton 4x2 K3 (object name)
transport, British military - truck: Bedford 3-ton 4x2 OY (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 719 ft; Running time: 8 mins
